Newest piece I created today.

This Piece is on an old plank from the abandoned apartment across from my place. If you look you can see some old graffiti which I decided not to remove. I felt it had a strong urban feel to it which I wanted to continue to show. From there I used both a black and a white gesso and then began to adhere sheets of old phone book pages across the bottom have. From there I began painting the landscape scene on top of the sheets of phone book. In order to create a certain feel to the piece I cut up a stencil to use for the plant imagery. This I then used as my outline to create the foliage which I cluttered with the rest of the piece. I wanted a lot of color and a lot of movement to occur with this piece. Once I finished the landscape to my liking I then used a clear glaze and painted that onto the landscape in order to cause a high gloss sheen in order to help with the illusion of depth.

CURRENT SHOW I AM FEATURED AT.

CURRENTLY I AM FEATURED AT OUT-OF-LINE GALLERY LOCATED AT 2812 W. CHICAGO AVE. HERE IS A LINK ABOUT THE SHOW.

http://www.outoflineartstudio.com/?page_id=11

HERE IS AN ADD FOR MY UPCOMING SHOW AT THE MULTIKULTI

THIS IS THE FLIER FOR MY NEXT SHOW I WILL BE TAKING PART IN AT THE MULTIKULTI. LOCATED AT 1000 NORTH MILWAUKEE FROM 6PM UNTIL 2AM THIS SATURDAY THE 16TH.

LATEST PIECE

HERE IS MY LATEST WORK WHICH WILL BE SHOWN ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER PIECES AT MULTIKULTI THIS SATURDAY. THIS IS AN OLD STORM WINDOW WHICH I HAVE PAINTED ON BOTH SIDES. IN ORDER TO CREATE THIS IMAGE I FIRST STARTED BY CUTTING OUT A STENCIL WHICH I SPRAY PAINTED ONTO THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE GLASS. ONCE I HAD LAYED THE PROPER COLORATION ACROSS THE BACK, I THEN WENT IN AND PAINTED IT FROM THE FRONT. THIS IS A REOCCURRING STYLE WHICH I AM STILL ATTEMPTING TO MASTER.

CONCEPT PROJECT FOR ELMHURST

THESE 2 PICS ARE BOTH CONCEPT SCHEMATICS FOR A PROJECT WHICH I AM HOPING WILL BE ABLE TO BE WORKED ON BY MYSELF AND RACHEL LECHOCKI IN THE NEXT UPCOMING MONTHS. ELMHURST IS TAKING STRIDES AT PUSHING FOR SOME PERMANENT STREET ART SCULPTURES FOR THE PUBLIC TO ENJOY.  THIS PIECE WE TITLED "ALWAYS CHASING..." FOCUSES ON THE FACT THAT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE ONE THING WHICH WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO BEAT IN THE GAME OF LIFE AND THAT IS TIME. IF YOU LOOK AT THE 3 DIMENSIONAL IMAGES THERE WILL BE A CLOCK ON THE TOP THAT WHEN VIEWED FROM AN AIREAL IMAGE SHOWS A CLOCK WITH NO HOUR NOR MINUTE HANDS. INSTEAD THERE ARE FEET RUNNING AROUND IN A CIRCLE NEVER ABLE TO FINISH. FROM THE SIDE VIEW YOU SEE A PLAYFUL SCENE OF CHARACTERS ATTEMPTING TO REACH THE GOAL WHICH IS THE TOP OF THE BLOCKS. YET, NO MATTER HOW HARD THEY TRY AND CLIMB UP THEY WILL ALWAYS SLIDE DOWN TO LOSE AGAINST TIME. THE PLAYFUL IMAGERY IS A MIMIC OF CHUTES & LADDERS A CHILDHOOD GAME TO TEACH THE EBB AND FLOW OF LIFE AND HOW IT IS JUST A ROLL OF THE DICE.  

 

Recent events

So it has been a pretty busy month as of so far. Just had an opening at Morpho Gallery on february 22nd.
Out-of-line Gallery on March 9th and the show will be up and running until the middle of April. You can see more about it at www.out-of-line gallery.com
For the upcoming weekend of the 16th I will be taking part in an event for MultiKulti/Quennect 4 for an evening at "The Chicago Art Exchange".
Coming up for next month on April 3rd I will be showing at a "best of show" at Logan Bar where I showed last summer at for a month and where one of my pieces has been permanently hanging.
This has been some busy times with some new work on the way. Definitely keeping my fingers crossed for a few more opportunities on the way.

Newest pieces Newest series Underwater series Animal series

Here are two of my newest pieces. With this series I am beginning I am going back to my roots on detail. I am stepping back in by using pen and ink and water color. There will be more of these to come. Eventually I plan on doing this type of work focused towards land animals as well. Possibly even stepping back even closer too my roots and delving back once again towards nature i.e. plants. We will see where this takes me.